Mary (Slooper) Hand (1742 - 1819)

Born 4 Dec 1742 in Norway

Wife of Samuel Hand Sr — married 1763 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1819 at age 77 in New Lebanon, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

Nothing is known of Mary Slooper's origins; it's likely that she immigrated to the Americas with her parents and was naturalized after her marriage.^[1] She married Samuel Hand Sr, marrying in Guilford, Connecticut in 1763^{[citation needed]} and having fifteen known children together, although only two lived to adulthood:

1. Mary Hand (1764-1765)
2. Samuel Hand (1765-1846)
3. Hannah Hand (1767-1768)^[2]
4. Edmond Hand (1767-)
5. Lois Hand (1769-1770)^[3]
6. Hollibert Hand (1769-)
7. Mary Wylie Hand (1771-)
8. Edmond Hand (1772-1772)^[4]
9. Lucretia Hand (1773-1774)^[5]
10. Lois Hand (1775-)
11. Edmond Hand (1775-1844)^[6]
12. Hollibert Hand (1777-1863)^[7]
13. Naomi Hand (1779-)^[8]
14. Joseph Hand (1882-1883)^[9]
15. Thomas Hand (1785-)^[10]

Mary Hand passed away in New Lebanon, New York^{[citation needed]} at the age of 77 and is buried at Cypress Cemetery in Lebanon Springss, New York.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Naturalization: Ancestry.com. U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Microfilm Publications; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.[1]
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZFL-QCMM : Thu Mar 07 06:36:09 UTC 2024), 'Mary in Entry for Hannah Hand and Samuel Hand, 19 May 1767.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZFL-QCZM : Thu Mar 07 06:36:08 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Loes Hand and Samuel Hand, 29 March 1769.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZJC-26N2 : Thu Mar 07 06:36:08 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Edmond Hand and Samuel Hand, 22 January 1772.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZFN-GLW2 : Thu Mar 07 06:36:08 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Lucrecia Hand and Samuel Hand, 23 March 1773.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5F1-9YX : 14 January 2020), Mary in entry for Edmund Hand, 1775.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZJC-26T2 : Sat Mar 09 08:49:09 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Hollabird Hand and Samuel Hand, 28 December 1777.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZFF-ZN2M : Sat Mar 09 08:49:09 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Naomi Hand and Samuel Hand, 8 November 1779.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZJ8-HHN2 : Sat Mar 09 08:49:10 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Joseph Hand and Samuel Hand, 16 April 1782.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZJC-2XT2 : Sat Mar 09 08:49:10 UTC 2024), Mary in Entry for Thomas Hand and Samuel Hand, 26 July 1785.
11. ↑ Burial, Cypress Cemetery, Lebanon Springs, New York: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135297105/mary-hand: accessed May 13, 2024), memorial page for Mrs Mary Slooper Hand (4 Dec 1742–4 Dec 1819). Find A Grave: Memorial #135297105 Cypress Cemetery, Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York, USA; Maintained by William Herrick (contributor 47354460).